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Legalist: A Novel in the Grand Illusion (The Grand Illusion book 4) by LE Modesitt, Jr. (book review).
‘Legalist’ is the fourth book in L. E. Modesitt, Jr’s ‘The Grand Illusion’ series, but it’s a prequel to the others, so you…
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October 2022
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Councilor (The Grand Illusion Book 2 of 3) by L.E. Modesitt, Jr. (book review).
‘Councilor’ is the second book of ‘The Grand Illusion’ book series and you would need to read ‘Isolate’ before this one for it…
July 2022
ReviewScifi
Her Smoke Rose Up Forever by James Tiptree, Jr. (book review).
‘Her Smoke Rose Up Forever’ by James Tiptree, Jr (aka Alice Sheldon) is a collection of 18 Science Fiction stories, originally published 1969…
November 2021
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Isolate: A Novel In The Grand Illusion 1 by L.E. Modesitt, Jr. (book review).
Steffan Dekkard is a security aide to Councillor Obreduur of the Craft Party in the state of Guldoran. He lives in the Councillor’s…
March 2020
ReviewBooks
Modern Masters Volume Eighteen: John Romita, Jr. by George Khoury and Eric Nolen-Weathington (book review).
John Romita, Jr. has very big shoes to follow as his dad, John Romita, was already a famous artist at Marvel Comics and…
October 2019
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The Mage-Fire War (The Saga Of Recluce book 22) by L.E. Modesitt, Jr. (book review).
‘The Mage-Fire War’ is the 22nd book of ‘The Saga Of Recluce’. but don’t let that put you off as they can mostly…
April 2018
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The Mongrel Mage (The Recluse Saga book 19) by L.E. Modesitt, Jr. (book review).
‘The Mongrel Mage’ is the 19th novel in the on-going ‘The Recluse Saga’ but you don’t have to read the other eighteen to…
November 2017
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Assassin’s Price (The Eleventh Book of The Imager Portfolio) by L.E. Modesitt, Jr (book review).
Another damned thick book. Always scribble, scribble, scribble! Huh, Mister Modesitt? Like Edward Gibbon, L.E. Modesitt, Jr. writes long books, also of a…
October 2016
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Treachery’s Tools : the Tenth Book of the Imager Portfolio by L.E. Modesitt, Jr. (book review).
‘Treachery’s Tools’ continues L.E. Modesitt Jr’s ‘Imager Portfolio’ series set on the continent of Solidar, on the world of Terahnar, though the planet’s…
June 2016
ReviewScifi
The One-Eyed Man by L.E. Modesitt, Jr. (book review).
A couple of years ago I read ‘Adiamante’ by L.E. Modesitt, Jr and it was excellent. It was the first of his books…
December 2015
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Death Rays And The Popular Media, 1876-1939 by William J. Fanning, Jr. (book review).
The kind of happy subject you want this time of year is ‘Death Rays And The Popular Media’. Specifically from their source between…
March 2013
ReviewBooks
The Thin Black Line: Perspectives On Vince Colletta by Robert L. Bryant, Jr. (book review).
‘The Mystery of Vince Colletta! Hero or Villain? You decide!’ So says a dramatic, comic-style black box at the start of ‘Chapter 1:…